Biogenic arsenopyrite in holocene peat sediment, India

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-161

  Farooqui, Anjum ^a   Bajpai, Usha ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Coastal sediment; Holocene; Microbes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRON; PEAT; PYRITE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARSENIC; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; INDIA; LAGOON; METAL BINDING; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; SPECTROMETER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

INDIA; PULICAT LAGOON; TAMIL NADU;

COCCOIDEA;

EID: 0037692086     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(02)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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